DAYTON — Two men charged in connection to a deadly 2023 shooting have been sentenced after both pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
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Lawrence Davis, 23, and Riyadh Pate, 21, were each sentenced to eight to 12 years in prison Monday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, according to court documents.
Both pleaded guilty on Dec. 12 to a lesser charge of one count of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of felonious assault.
This was after their September trial ended in a hung jury and both men were acquitted of murder charges, according to a previous News Center 7 report.
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Davis and Pate were acquitted of two murder charges and two felonious assault charges in connection to a burglary and deadly shooting in Dayton.
Firearm specifications for these charges were also dismissed.
As part of their pleas, two counts of aggravated burglary plus weapons charges were also dismissed against both men, court documents indicate.
>>PHOTOS: 1 killed, 4 others shot at Dayton apartment
According to a previous News Center 7 report, Pate and Davis went to an apartment in the 300 block of Superior Avenue with Kevin Jones, 38, and a fourth unidentified male on June 4.
The men eventually entered the apartment and a shootout occurred.
Jones was shot and killed. He was pronounced dead in the hallway outside the apartment, according to a previous News Center 7 report.
Four other people were injured in the shooting.
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